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MusĂ©e d'Orsay: atrium Painting by Gustave Courbet showing the artist at his easel in a crowded studio, surrounded by figures including a nude model, onlookers, and a child with a white dog. Édouard Manet: Le DĂ©jeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette Édouard Manet: Olympia Oil painting A Burial at Ornans by Gustave Courbet shows a large group of mourners, clergy, and a dog gathered outdoors at a gravesite, with cliffs in the background. Painting by Claude Monet showing a field of red poppies near Argenteuil, with two women and a child walking among the flowers under a partly cloudy sky. James McNeill Whistler: Portrait of the Artist's Mother Painting by Jean-Francois Millet showing three peasant women bent over in a field, gathering leftover grain, with haystacks and workers in the distant background. Gustave Caillebotee: Raboteurs de parquet

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Type Description Contributor Date
Replaced media. Jan 27, 2026
Added cross-references. Dec 09, 2024
Invalidated site: Paris Photography - Orsay Museum. Jun 03, 2024
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Musïżœe dïżœOrsay in Paris Revisits Vincent van Goghïżœs Final Works. Jan 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Napoleon.org - Musïżœe d'Orsay, Paris, France. Jul 30, 2023
Links added. Mar 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Musee d'Orsay Art Museum, Paris. May 07, 2022
Expanded the discussion on the museum's collection, building, and visitor numbers. May 15, 2017
Added new Web site: Paris Photography - Orsay Museum. Jan 27, 2008
Added new Web site: Paris France Tourism - Orsay Museum. Jan 27, 2008
Added new Web site: Official Site of Musïżœe d'Orsay, Paris, France. Jan 25, 2008
Media added. Oct 09, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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